Britain

BRITAIN - The Official Magazine is the perfect choice for everyone with a thirst to know more about the UK's rich history and traditions. Each issue is a glorious surprise, packed with tales of kings and queens, heroes and villains and the stories behind our castles and cathedrals, stately homes and gardens, countryside and coastline.

Britain

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THE BULLETIN • The return of the Bayeux Tapestry, Austen in London, and a Titanic artefact resurfaces

Green & glorious • In between the fishing villages and pretty coves that line Cornwall’s south coast are some of Britain’s finest gardens

Classic adventures • 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh. There’s no better time to explore the iconic landscapes that have inspired a rich trove of classic children’s books

Still STANDING • These seven small villages, in very different ways, helped shape Britain

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Pomp, pageantry & PENSIONERS • Once a year, scarlet-coated Chelsea Pensioners gather to mark Founder’s Day, a centuries-old ceremony celebrating Charles II’s founding of the Royal Hospital

SIMPLY KATE • Kate Winslet is a global star with a decidedly low-key approach to life. Here, she shares her favourite places in Britain

Inside BRITANNIA • A visit to The Royal Yacht Britannia, now permanently moored in Edinburgh, offers a fascinating insight into life on Queen Elizabeth II’s former floating palace

What the Dickens? • Every summer, fans of the Victorian novelist don bonnets and top hats to celebrate Dickens’s life and works in a small town on the Kent coast

Feeding Georgian London • From dawn breakfasts bought on the street to extravagant dinners out, the capital’s food culture fed rich and poor alike, as the author of a new book reveals

Where giants walked • The Causeway Coast’s epic geology is matched only by its folklore, from warrior giants and Viking raiders to ghost-filled castles and misty glens

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A day with… ROGER McGOUGH

Penshurst Place • The Kent manor house has been in the same family for more than 470 years